1Pawulo na Timoteyo imbata za Kristo Yesu, turabandikiye mwebwe abera bo muri Kristo Yesu b'i Filipi bose, hamwe n'abepisikopi n'abadiyakoni.
2Ubuntu bube muri mwe n'amahoro, biva ku Mana Data wa twese no ku Mwami Yesu Kristo.
3Nshima Imana yanjye iteka uko mbibutse,
4kandi uko mbasabiye mwese iteka ryose mbasabira nezerewe,
5kuko mwafatanije nanjyeumurimowo kwamamazaubutumwa bwiza, muhereye ku munsi wa mbere mukageza na n'ubu.
6Icyo nzi neza rwose ntashidikanya, ni uko Iyatangiyeumurimomwiza muri mwe izawurangiza rwose, kugezaku munsi wa Yesu Kristo,
7kandi birankwiriye ko mbatekereza ntyo mwese, kuko mu ngoyi zanjye no mu mpaka ngira kurwaniraubutumwa bwiza mpamya ko ari ubw'ukuri, mbahoza ku mutimanibuka ko musangiye nanjyeubuntu bw'Imana.
8Imana ni yo ntanze houmugaboyuko mbakumbura mwese mu mbabazi za Kristo Yesu.
9Kandi iki ni cyo mbasabira, niukugirangourukundo rwanyu rurusheho kugwizaubwenge no kumenya kose,
10muboneuko murobanura ibinyuranye, kandi muboneuko muba abataryarya n'inyangamugayokugezaku munsi wa Kristo,
11mwuzuyeimbuto zo gukiranuka ziheshwa na Yesu Kristo, kugirango Imana ishimwe kandi ihimbazwe.
12Bene Data, ndashaka ko mumenya yuko ibyambayeho bitabereyeubutumwa bwiza inkomyi ahubwo byabushyize imbere,
13kuko byamenyekanye mu basirikare barinda Kayisari bose no mu bandi bose, yuko ari ku bwa Yesu naboshywe.
14Nuko ibyo bituma abenshi bo muri bene Data bari mu Mwami Yesu na bo biringizwa n'ingoyi zanjye, bakarushaho gutinyuka no kuvugaijambo ry'Imana bashize amanga.
15Icyakora koko, bamwe babwiriza ibya Kristo babitewe n'ishyari no kwirema ibice, naho abandi bakabivugishwa n'umutimaukunze.
16Abo babivugishijwe n'urukundo, kuko bazi yuko nashyiriweho kurwaniraubutumwa bwiza,
17naho ba bandi bamamaza ibya Kristo babitewe no kwirema ibice, babikoranaumutimaubarega bibwira ko bashobora kunyongereraumubabaro mu ngoyi zanjye.
18Mbese ibyo bitwaye iki? Nta cyo kuko uko bimeze kose, ari mu buriganya cyangwa mu kuri Kristo yamamazwa, kandi ibyo ndabyishimiye kandi nzagumya kubyishimira,
19kuko nzi yuko amaherezo ibyo bizampindukiraagakiza, munsabiye kandi mpawe Umwuka wa Yesu Kristo,
20kuko ntegerezanya ibyiringiro yuko ntazakorwa n'isoni z'ikintu cyose, ahubwo nzajya ngiraubushizi bw'amanga bwose, buzatuma Kristo akomeza gukuzwa n'umubiriwanjye iteka ryose nk'uko bimeze ubu, nubwo nabaho cyangwa nubwo napfa.
21Erega ku bwanjye kubahoni Kristo, kandi gupfa kumbereye inyungu!
22Ariko rero niba kubahomu mubiriari cyo kizantera gukomeza kwera imbuto z'umurimowanjye, sinzi icyo nahitamo.
23Mpeze mu rungabangabo, kuko nifuza kugenda ngo mbane na Kristo, kuko ari byo birushaho kumbera byiza cyane,
24nyamara ku bwanyu ho kugumamu mubirini byo binkwiriye.
25Nuko ubwo nizeye ibyo nzi neza yuko nzagumahonkagumananamwe mwese, kugirango mujye imbere mwishimire kwizera,
26kandi kugirango muzarusheho kunyirata muri Kristo Yesu, ubwo nzasubirakugaruka iwanyu.
27Icyakora, ingeso zanyu zimere nk'uko bikwiriyeubutumwa bwiza bwa Kristo, kugirango ninza kubasura cyangwa nintaza, nzumve ibyanyu yuko mushikamye mu Mwuka umwe muhujeumutima, kandi murwanira hamwe ku bwo kwizeraubutumwa bwiza,
28mudakangwa n'ababisha bo mu buryo bwose.Ubwo butwari bwo kudatinya kwanyu kuri bo ni ikimenyetso cyo kurimbuka kwabo, naho kuri mwe ni ikimenyetso cy'agakiza kanyu kava ku Mana.
29Kuko mutahawe kwizera Kristo gusa, ahubwo mwahawe no kubabazwa ku bwe,
30mufitekwa kurwana mwambonanaga kandi ari na ko mukinyumvana na n'ubu.